Assessing the impact of the digital economy on sustainable development in the underdeveloped regions of western China

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES Cities Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI:10.1016/j.cities.2024.105552

Xiaying Feng , Xiaoya Ma , Jianbo Lu , Qingyan Tang , Zihan Chen

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Abstract

In the pursuit of sustainable development, western China's underdeveloped regions may face challenges in balancing economic growth with the carrying capacity of resources and the environment. As a new driving force for economic transformation, whether the digital economy impacts sustainable development in the underdeveloped regions of western China is a worthy question for further empirical investigation. Using panel data from 12 provinces in western China's underdeveloped regions from 2011 to 2022, this study employs double machine learning to objectively assess the impact of the digital economy on sustainable development in these regions. The findings reveal that the digital economy considerably promotes sustainable development in western China's underdeveloped regions. Each dimension of the digital economy—digital infrastructure, digital industrialization, digitization of industry, and digital innovation—has a notable positive impact on sustainable development. Therefore, promoting industry's digital transformation in western China's underdeveloped regions and strengthening digital infrastructure construction can promote sustainable development in these regions.

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评估数字经济对中国西部欠发达地区可持续发展的影响

在追求可持续发展的过程中，中国西部欠发达地区可能会面临如何平衡经济增长与资源环境承载力之间关系的挑战。作为经济转型的新动力，数字经济是否影响西部欠发达地区的可持续发展是一个值得进一步实证研究的问题。本研究利用中国西部欠发达地区12个省份2011-2022年的面板数据，采用双重机器学习方法，客观评估了数字经济对这些地区可持续发展的影响。研究结果表明，数字经济极大地促进了西部欠发达地区的可持续发展。数字经济的各个维度--数字基础设施、数字产业化、产业数字化和数字创新--都对可持续发展产生了显著的积极影响。因此，推动西部欠发达地区产业数字化转型，加强数字基础设施建设，可以促进西部欠发达地区的可持续发展。

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期刊介绍： Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.